November 02, 2010

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The final Field Poll released this morning predicts 9.5 million California voters will turn out for the state’s crucial elections. And 55 percent of those voters are expected to cast absentee ballots.

That's not just in a hotly contested governor’s race between former Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown and epublican former eBay CEO Meg Whitman — but also in key Senate and House races, and on important ballot initiatives over marijuana legalization and a proposition on greenhouse gas regulations.

Still, that’s only 55 percent of all eligible registered adults in the Golden State, which would make it the second-lowest turnout in the past 50 years — and the lowest turnout for a gubernatorial election since 2002, when Democratic Gov. Gray Davis — who was later recalled in favor of current GOP Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger — was narrowly reelected.